Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-11-24

call the attention of the board to these
things. / sat down 10 write you short
letter, while waiting for the train, and |
have strung out one quite long, and
written hastily for which make due |
allowance,
Please give my kind regards TO all |
members of your board, all of whom |
in the past have treated me court
eously. Your friend,
ANDREW L. ELMoRE.
Mr.. ToBIN called the attention of the
board to the condition of an old teffitor-
ial road between Lancaster and Potosi
where it passes through swampy ground
near the Geo. d. UT place. Rock had
been hauled in, but that did not keep the
road in good condition and bridge
was needed. As the town of Potosi has
two bridges across Boice Greek and the
big bridge across the Grant to keep up,
he thought the town should have aid til
building such bridge, He accordingly
offered the following resolution:
ResoteeG, That the sum of seventy
| five dollars be levied upon the taxable
property of Grant county and the sum
be appropriated for the purpose of build
ing bridge on the Potosi and Lancaster
road at or near the house of Geo. ID.
UT, the town of Potosi to pay a SUE
sufficient to complete said bridge
Mr.. hartley offered the following
| resolution:
ResoleeG, That there be and there is
hereby levied upon the taxable proper
| ty OF Grant county, four hundred dol
lars TO aid the town of Reetown to con-
structiug an iron bridge acrossGrant riv-
er On the road leading from Blooming
ton 10 Lancaster, at Flora Fountain, pro-
vided that the town in Beetown
contribute the balance necessary to
build substantial iron bridge at that
point under the direction of the chair.
man of the County Board.
Mr. MCCALL offered the following:
RESOLVED. That there be and is hereby
levied upon the taxable property of the
| county the sum of three hundred dol
| lars for the purpose of assisting the
town of Harrison in erecting al iron
combination bridge of 50 feet span
over the Big Platte river in said town
which is now in course of construction.
MIR. GRIMM presented the report of
the committee on highways, bridges
and ferries!
Petition of Elizabeth Shinoe for re-
newal of license for ferry across the
Platte in the town of Paris, which had
been referred to this committee, was
recommended to be granted. The
petition was granted unanimously by
ayes and noes
On the petition of the town of Hazel
| Green for one-half of the expense of
building an iron bridge across Sinsin>
nawa river, both a majority and min
ority report was presented.
MAJORITY REPORT ON HAZEL GREEN
BRIDGE.
TO the County Board Of Supervisors of
Grant County;
The undersigned committee to whom
has been referred the petition of the town
board of Hazel Green for building
bridge across the S;nsinawa river at
Cooper's Frod in section %, town /,
range /, have had the same under con-
sideration and recommend that the coun-
ty raise one-half of such amount as is
required by section /, of chapter 3l5 of
| the laws of 1881, which is as follows:
"When the town board of supervisors of
any town shall file Its petition with the
county board of supervisors of the coun-
ty in which said town is situated, setting
forth the fact that said town has voted
to construct such bridge, and that the
cost of constructing said bridge exceeds
One-fourth of one per centum of all the
taxable property in said town accord
ing to the last equalized valuation which
is 1920 dollars And we further
recommend that the county board APP
point two of its members, who shall act
as its commissioners and who shall CO.
operate with the town board of SUPER
visors and said commissioners shall have
full charge and authority to act in the
letting, inspection and acceptance of
such bridge. GEO. w. MCPHERSON,
l.. A. HARTFORD,
GRIFFIN HICKOK,
JAMES HARVEY,
PATRICK GLYNN,
Committee.
MINORITY REPORT ON HAZEL GREEN
BRIDGE.
TO The Honorable Board of Supervisors
Of Grant COatnty:
The undersigned committee TO whom
has been referred the petition of the
town board of Hazel Green, for the
building of a bridge across Sinsinawa
river at Cooper's Ford, in section %,
town l, range l, have had the same
under due consideration and do not
recommend that the county raise one
half of such amount. The amount of one
fourth of one per centum of the assessed
valuation of the town of Hazel Green Is
1882 dollars, which we think is sufii-
cient to construct a bridge across said
stream above mentioned.
HERMAN GRIMM.
w. A. WALL.
Messrs. Harry and Edwards explained |
the situation of the bridge, the difficulties
the town had experienced in keeping it
up, and thought the circumstance to-
gether with the fact that Hazel Green |
had never asked aid before, justified |
their asking the appropriation.
Mr. Robbins favored the adoption of |
the majority report. He said the county
was out of debt and could afford to inn
prove her roads and bridges. He
moved the adoption of the report. The
vote on the adoption of the majority re-
port was as follows:
4geS Hickok, Mcpherson, Monteith,
McFall, Harvey Hicr, Ryland, Heber-
len, Morrison, Murphey, Bremmer,
Wiederhold, Macarthur, Tobin, Doyle,
A. Brown, Glynn. Hartford, Ruka, Gel
ger. Oswald, Edmond, Coons-24
oes-Bartley, Scott, Grimm, Bow
den, Wells, Ryan, Kruel, Griffis, Wise
man. Day, Arnold, Lewis, Wall, Van
Buren,, Schreiner, ID. f. Brownie.
The report of the special committee
on revision of the rules was read by the
Mr.. Arnold, and laid over
till evening.
The resolution offered by Mr. Oswald
for the levyiAg of one-fifth mill tax
for the relief of INDECENT soldiers or
their families came up for consideration.
Mr.. hartley said if there were